CVE-2020-36691
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-36691 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2023-03-24 17:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-03-29 12:58:00 UTC |
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| Description | An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion) via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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| Operating System |
Linux |
Linux Kernel |
All |
All |
All |
All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| netlink: limit recursion depth in policy validation · torvalds/linux@7690aa1 · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
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| cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8 |
MISC |
cdn.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 199650 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6284-1)
- 199669 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6301-1)
- 753980 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2151-1)
- 753981 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2146-1)
- 753982 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2148-1)
- 753985 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2162-1)
- 754005 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2163-1)
- 754023 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1)
